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Building Effective Audit Committees

Helps audit committee members and those who support them raise the quality of financial oversight, assurance and risk supervision. The programme explores how committees add value through sharp questioning, combined assurance and constructive challenge of management. It draws on the realities of oversight in African listed companies, public entities and family owned firms.

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What you will be able to do

  • Clarify the mandate, composition and responsibilities of an effective audit committee.
  • Oversee financial reporting quality and challenge significant judgements.
  • Supervise the internal and external assurance providers with rigour.
  • Coordinate combined assurance across risk, compliance and audit functions.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the committee and address gaps.
  • Ask the probing questions that hold management to account.

Course outline

  1. 01Mandate and Composition
  2. 02Overseeing Financial Reporting
  3. 03Challenging Key Judgements
  4. 04Supervising Assurance Providers
  5. 05Combined Assurance in Practice
  6. 06Risk and Control Oversight
  7. 07Committee Evaluation and Renewal
  8. 08The Art of Probing Questions

Who should attend

Audit committee members and chairs, non executive directors, chief financial officers and company secretaries who support committee work.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
14 to 16 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
5 to 9 Oct 2026
Venue
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5 day programme
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